Russian media report a border breakthrough in the Kursk region.
On the morning of August 6, the acting governor of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, Alexey Smirnov, said that Ukrainian troops allegedly tried to enter the region's territory. Now fighting is already underway in several directions.
Meanwhile, the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine reported that the “breakthrough” in the Kursk region definitely did not involve fighters of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC), who are fighting as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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ICTV Facts have collected everything that is known about the border breach in the Kursk region at the moment.
- Explosions in the Kursk region: what is known
- Border breach in the Kursk region: what is known
- The reaction of the Ukrainian side
- Breakthrough in the Kursk region: how is the Russian Federation reacting
- Russian losses in the Kursk region
Explosions in the Kursk region: what known
Explosions in the Kursk region began to be heard at night. According to Russian telegram channels, the city of Sudzha, bordering the Sumy region, came under fire.
Sudzha Kursk region of the Russian Federation on the map. Screenshot
At 01:51 and. O. Governor Alexey Smirnov reported about the missile threat, and in the morning he reported 14 downed drones.
Border breakthrough in the Kursk region: what is known
Russian media report that after a loud night there allegedly was a “APU breakthrough” on the border of the Kursk region.
One of the war correspondents stated that fighting is taking place in the direction of Nikolayevo-Daryino – Dar'ino and the Sudzha – Gogolevka checkpoint.
The same information was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry.
— Today, from 8:00 Moscow time, after a fire preparation by up to three hundred militants from the 22nd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, supported by 11 tanks and more than 20 armored combat vehicles, the enemy attacked the positions of units covering the state border of the Russian Federation in the areas of the settlements of Nikolayevo-Daryino and Oleshnya in the Kursk region, directly adjacent to the Russian-Ukrainian border, — the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
Photo: Telegram of Roman Alekhine
Photo: Telegram of Roman Alekhine
Photos and videos of the aftermath of the shelling are being published on social networks, and there are reports of one dead and 13 injured.
Social networks suggest that Russian troops could have struck their own populated areas in order to later blame Ukraine for this.
There is also information about the alleged shooting down of missiles over the settlement of Kurchatov, which is near the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant. At the same time, there is also a seizure about the alleged seizure of a nuclear power plant, but according to other reports, this information is not true.
The reaction of the Ukrainian side
The Ukrainian military intelligence is not commenting on the topic of the “breakthrough” in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. The military leadership of Ukraine and the General Staff are also not providing any information yet.
However, as the NV publication writes, citing its own sources in the Main Intelligence Directorate, the fighters of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK), who are fighting as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, are definitely not involved in what is happening in the Kursk region.
Meanwhile, the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council, Andrei Kovalenko, said in his Telegram that there will be a lot of news from the Kursk region in the near future.
— The Russian Army group North is failing its defense. Russian military officers lie about the controllability of the situation in the Kursk region. Russia does not control the border, — he wrote.
ICTV Facts contacted the Russian volunteer battalions and tried to get a comment on the situation in the Kursk region.
The Russian Freedom Legion told Facts that they do not comment on the breakthrough in the Kursk region.
Breakthrough in the Kursk region: how they react in the Russian Federation
Following the Russian Defense Ministry's statements about a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group that retreated to its territory after an alleged breakthrough in Kursk region, the message about the retreat was deleted.
And the regional authorities stated that the situation on the border remains tense, but under control.
In addition, videos of Russian prisoners of war have appeared on Telegram channels, claiming that they were captured in Kursk region. Online observers have already managed to identify a number of Russian military personnel. It is noteworthy that the Russian authorities do not comment on the information about prisoners.
At the same time, as Ukrainian military observer Alexander Kovalenko notes, after the troops broke through the border, Russian war correspondents and propagandists were tasked with “urgently shifting the focus of attention from the North to the fighting in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions”.
— News began to appear about “tricolors on administrative buildings” and great victories today. The enemy's traditional information strategy, — he wrote.
Russian losses in Kursk region
Later, after the fighting on the border, it became known that Russia had intensified shelling and attacks on the Sumy region, which borders the Kursk region.
As a result, the Sumy OVA reported the downing of a Russian helicopter, a ballistic missile, and two UAVs over the region.
In parallel with this, the Telegram channel Armed Forces of Ukraine. War with the Occupiers reported that, according to the downed aircraft, Ka-52 and Mi-8 helicopters were destroyed. According to the channel, there are dead and wounded pilots. However, this information requires additional verification.
